Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Constitution

I Jurgen Meyer do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Bremen Brig Constitution whereof I am Master, from Bremen
So help me God.
[signed:] J Meyer*

Sworn to, the 7 Decb^r 1827
Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Bremen Brig Constitution whereof J Meyer is Master, from Bremen Burthen 251 Tons.

Columns represent: "Names.; Age. [Years.; Months.]; Sex.; Occupation.; The Country to which they severally belong.; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants.; Died on the Voyage". Columns "(Age) Months" and "Died on the Voyage" are empty and are omitted here.

    
1* Ca?t??f?rd B???e?  27  male  ?and?dat        Oldenburg U N States of America
2* D??? Bokmann       24  male  Laborer         Hannover  U N States of America
3  John Brummer       22  male  Black smith     Hannover  U N States of America
4  John Imman         16  male  Laborer         Hannover  U N States of America

                                 [signed] J Meyer*
    
Transcriber's Notes:
     
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made in the original document or 
a clarification by this transcriber.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to the 
quality of the original document.
The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letter has been superscripted, 
indicating possible abbreviation.
The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
followed by DC which may indicate the Deputy Collector of Customs
Passengers were numbered by the transcriber for ease of reference.

Captain: family name has an umlaut over the "y"

1  Given name may be Carterfird or something like Cast?fud; may also be two
   words Castr fird. Family name may be Basser or Busser with a "leading s", or
   perhaps Bupes or Bapes. Occupation could be Candedat, the German word
   "Candidat" in an 1883 German dictionary meant candidate or postulant; the
   word could also be Landedat though the German dictionary does not show such
   a word
2  Given name may be Duer, Dins, Dirc or Dues

National Archives and Records Administration, LDS FHL Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Brig Constitution, Bremen, December 7, 1827, #810.

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